Pocket-closer.



A. L. LOWN. POCKET CLOSER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-22, 1914.

1,145,496. PawnaJu1y 6, 1915.

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ALBERT L. IOWN, 0F REDWOOID CITY, CALIFORNIA.

POCKET-CLOSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

VPatented July 6, 1915.

Application filed August 22, 1914. Serial N o. 858,142.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 1, ALBERT L. LowN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Redwood City, in the county of San Mateo and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Poeketlosers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a protector for the pockets of garments, which will prevent the same from being picked and also prevent articles dropping or being lost therefrom.

My invention is applicable to pockets of all kinds, in either mens or womens garments.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front view of a pocket equipped with my improvement; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the protector detached; Fig. l is an inside view of the same; Figs. 5 and G are broken detail views.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a garment, 2 the inner side of a pocket thereof, 3 the outer lining, and l the inner lining.

6 and 7 indicate outer and inner long, narrow, spring metal plates secured together at their ends, as shown at 5, and secured respectively between the linings 3, l and the garment 1 and inner side 2 of the pocket.

3 indicates a latch, which has a narrow neck 9 extending through a slot 10 in the plate 7 and is also adapted to extend through' a slot 11 in the plate 6, and has a hooked portion 12 adapted to engage the edge of said slot 11. Said neck 9 is attached to the end of a pusher bar 13, which extends close to the inner side of the inner plate 7, and is bent upwardly at its outer end, the extreme upper portion being bent over, as shown in 14, to form a finger piece. Said pusher bar is formed with a slot 16, through which extends a pin 17 secured to the plate 7, and having a wide flat head 18 closely adjacent to the pusher bar 13. Said slot 16 extends at an angle of about 45 degrees with the ver tical. The result is that, should the hooked portion of the latch engage the slot 11, so that the pocket is closed, then, by pushing downward on the finger piece, the pusher bar is moved longitudinally from the finger piece so as to release said outer plate from the latch, whereupon said outer plate springs outward and the pocket is opened. A stretched spring 19 is attached at one end to a pin 21 extended from the pusher bar and at the other end to a lpin 22 extending from the plate 7. This spring tends to move the pusher bar longitudinally.

The outer end of the latch is rounded, so that, when the outer plate is pushed toward the inner plate, it forces said latch in the direction away from the linger piece, so that the hooked portion of the latch can engage the edge of the slot 11, whereupon the latch returns under the action of the spring 19, and securely latches said outer plate to the inner plate. 1t will be understood that the inner and outer linings are both formed with small holes to permit the latch to extend therethrough and engage the slotted plate 7.

By this invention, therefore, there is provided means for. securely closing the entrance into a pocket so as to prevent the same being picked or articles dropping or being lost therefrom, which can be operated with the greatest ease and rapidity either to close or to open said pocket.

I claim l 1. In combination with ad pocket, spring metal-plates secured respectively to the sides of the pocket near its mouth, a latch supported at the middle of one plate and adapted to engage the other plate to close the pocket, and rigid means for operating said latch, extending therefrom to one end of the pocket, then upwardly above the top of the pocket and then in a direction extending away from the person of the wearer.

2. In `combination with a pocket, spring metal slotted plates secured respectively between the linings and the inner and outer sides of the pocket, a latch extending through one of said slots and having a hooked portion adapted to engage the edge of the other slot, means extending to the top of the pocket for moving said latch to release said plates from each other, and a spring for normally holding said hooked portion engaged with said edge of the other slot.

1n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

A. L. LOWN.

l/Vitnesses:

F. M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, '.D. C. 

